Posted
by
samzenpus
on Tuesday February 23, 2010 @01:09PM
from the snakes-on-a-floodplain dept.

Instead of lining up a fabulous type of gorilla that thrives on snake meat, Florida officials have decided to open a season for hunting pythons. Anyone who has a hunting license and gets a $26 permit can kill the snakes from March 8 to April 17 on state-managed lands around the Everglades in South Florida. In addition to the non-native pythons, hunters are encouraged to kill any green anacondas and Nile monitor lizards they might find.

Last I read, the alien reptiles plus the feral hog populations were devastating their numbers.

Feral hogs in particular have reach epidemic population levels and show no sign of slowing their explosive growth. Furthermore, they are become more aggressive than ever. Worse, they are also growing larger than ever with some extremely aggressive males reaching 900lbs and new records of over 1200lbs. They will literally kill and eat anything within their territory,

Most all southern states have feral hog issues. In particular, those in central south and south eastern states are especially problematic. This obviously includes Texas, Oklahoma, Louisianian, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida.